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d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exempiaires 
originaux  soni  fiim6s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  teiie 
empreinte. 

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derniire  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  -^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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filmte  A  des  taux  de  reduction  diff^rents. 
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reproduit  an  un  seul  clich6,  il  est  film6  A  partir 
de  Tangle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'Images  n6cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
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MEMORY  PRACTICE. 


«  Act,  Act  in  the  Living  Pbbiwnt." 


We  live  in  deeds,  not  years;  in  thoughta,  not  breaths; 
In  feelings,  not  in  figures  on  a  dial ; 
We  should  count  time  by  heart-throbs.     He  roost  hves 
Who  thinks  most,  feels  the  noblest,  acts  the  best.— BaUei/. 

2. 
I  would  not  waste  my  spring  of  youth 
In  idle  dalliance  ;  I  would  plant  rich  seeds 
To  blossom  in  ray  manhood,  and  bear  fruit 
When  I  am  old — J.  A.  HiWume. 


Rest  not  I    Life  is  sweeping  by; 
Go  and  dare  before  you  die ; 
Something  mighty  and  sublime 
Leave  behind  to  conquer  time. 

Glorious  'lis  to  live  for  aye, 

When  these  forms  have  passed  away.— fl^beftA 


Work!  and  pure  slumbers  shall  wait  on  thy  pillow; 
Workl  thou  shalt  ride  over  care's  coming  billow; 
Lie  not  down  wearied  'neath  woe's  weeping  waiow, 
Work  with  a  stout  heart  and  resolute  wiUl 
Work  for  some  good,  be  it  ever  so  slowly; 
Work  for  some  hope,  be  it  ever  so  lowly ; 
Workl  for  all  labor  is  noble  and  holy  \— Mrs.  Osgood. 


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Press  on!  surmount  the  rocky  steeps; 

Climb  boldly  o'er  the  torrent's  arch; 
He  fails  alone  who  feebly  creeps, 

He  wins  who  dares  the  hero's  march. 


;;•?;.   '4^iJVJv:W<»:«K»--— ^i'lS*'^*'*"^-^'" 


MBMOET  PKACTIGB. 


Be  thou  a  hero  I  let  thy  might 

Tramp  on  eternal  ttnows  its  wajr ; 
And  through  the  ebon  walla  of  night, 

Hew  down  a  paaisage  unto  day. — Park  Bet^amin. 

6. 
In  the  world's  broad  field  of  battle, 

In  the  bivouac  of  lire, 
Be  not  like  dumb,  driven  cattle ; 

Be  a  hero  in  the  strife  I 
Trust  no  Future,  howe'er  pleasant ; 

Let  the  dead  Past  bury  its  dead: 
Act — act  in  the  living  Present, 

Heart  withiu,  and  Qod  o'erheadl 
Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime, 
And,  departing,  leave  behind  us 

Foot-prints  on  the  sands  of  time  ;— 
Foot-prints  that  perhaps  another, 

Sailing  o'er  life's  solemn  main, 
A  forlorn  and  shipwrecked  brother, 

Seeing,  shall  take  heart  again. 
Let  us,  then,  be  up  and  doing. 

With  a  heart  for  any  fate;        ^N 
Still  achievmg,  still  pursuing. 

Learn  to  labor  and  to  wait — Lonqf^lov). 

Advbbsitt. 
7. 
The  good  are  better  made  by  ill, 
As  odors  crushed  are  sweeter  stilL — Bogen. 

8. 
Affliction  is  the  good  man's  shining  scene: 
Prosperity  conceals  his  brightest  ray: 
As  night  to  stars,  woe  luster  gives  to  man.— Fowv. 

9. 
For  God  has  marked  each  sorrowing  day, 

And  numbered  every  secret  tear. 
And  heaven's  long  years  of  bliss  shall  pay 

For  all  his  children  suffer  here.— W.  C.  Bryanl 


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MEMORY  PRACTIOS. 


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"    r    And  that  high  suffering,  which  wo  dread, 
A  hiffher  joy  dlwloaeB ; 
Men  saw  the  thorns  on  Jesiis'  brow. 
But  angels  saw  the  rosea.— ifr».  J-  W.  Howt. 

11.  • 

"Wo  see  but  dimly  through  the  mist  and  Tapors ; 

Amid  these  eartlily  damps 
What  seem  to  us  but  sad  funereal  Upon, 

May  be  heaven's  distent  lamps.— Long/iBow. 

The  rose  which  in  the  sun's  bright  rnys 

Might  soon  have  drooped  and  perished, 
With  grateful  scent  the  sliower  repays 

By  which  its  life  is  cherished :  f 

And  thus  have  e'en  the  young  in  years 

Found  flowers  within  that  flourish, 
And  yield  a  fragrance  fed  by  tears. 
That  sunshine  could  not  nourish.— .Benuird  Barton. 

Bbnkvolbncb. 

13. 
What  we  keep  we  may  lose,  but  what  we  give  t»  Christ  we  are  sure  to 
keep.— r.  L.  Ouykr. 

14. 
Men  resemble  the  gods  in  nothag  so  much  as  In  doing  good  to  their  fel- 
low-creatures.— Okero. 

15. 
Words  of  kindness  we  have  spoken 

May,  when  we  have  pas"  '  'way, 
Heal,  perhaps,  a  spirit  br< .    • 

Guide  a  brother  led  astra.i     -J.  Eagm. 

16. 
Speak  gently  I  'tis  a  little  thing, 

Dropped  in  the  heart's  deep  well; 
The  good,  the  joy,  that  it  may  bring, 

Eternity  shall  tell.— i).  BaUa. 


MEMORY  PRACTIVB. 


Who  is  thy  neighbor?    He  wliom  thou 

Hast  power  to  aid  or  bloM ; 
Whose  acliiuff  lioad  or  burning  brow 

Thy  soothing  hand  may  press. 

Thy  neighbor  is  the  fainting  poor,  , 

Whose  eye  with  want  ia  diin; 
0,  enter  then  his  humble  door 

With  aid  and  peace  for  him. 

Thy  neighbor?    Pass  no  mourner  bf; 

Perhaps  tliou  canst  redeem 
A  breaking  heart  Trom  misery  ;— 

Qo  share  thy  lot  with  him. 

Thb  Biblk. 

18. 
We  count  the  Scriptures  of  Ood  to  be  the  most  sublime  philoiophy.    I 
find  more  marks  of  authenticity  iu  the  Bible  than  in  any  profane  history 
whatever. — /.  Newton. 

19. 
The  Bible  contains  more  true  sublimity,  more  exquisite  beauty,  more  pure 
morality,  more  important  history,  and  finer  strains  of  poetry  and  eloquence 
than  can  be  collected  (Vom  all  other  books  in  whatever  age  or  language  they 
have  been  written.— iSKr  WiUiam  Jones. 

20. 
Thou  truest  friend  man  ever  knew, 

Thy  constancy  I've  tried ; 
When  all  were  fnlse,  I  found  thee  true, 

My  counselor  and  guide. 
The  mines  of  earth  no  treasures  give 

That  could  this  volume  buy; 
In  teaching  me  the  way  to  live, 

It  taught  me  how  to  die.— Glaorje  P.  Morris. 

21. 

Within  this  ample  volume  lies 

The  mystery  of  mysteries ; 
Happiest  they  of  human  race 
To  whom  their  God  has  given  grace 


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To  read,  to  fear,  to  hope,  to  pray, 

To  lift  tlie  latch,  to  force  the  way ; 

And  better  had  they  ne'er  beeu  bom, 

That  read  to  doubt,  or  read  to  aoom.— Vattw  SeetL 

Cheerfulness. 

22. 
Better  to  weave  in  the  web  of  lifb 

A  bright  and  golden  Ailing, 
And  to  do  God's  will  with  a  ready  heart, 
And  handa  that  are  swift  and  willing. 
Than  to  snap  the  delicate,  alender  threads 
.  Of  our  curioua  lives  asunder. 

And  then  blame  God  for  the  tangled  ends, 

And  sit,  and  grieve,  and  wonder.— Jfr».  M.  A.  Kidder. 

Contentment. 

33. 
He  is  the  richest  who  is  content  with  the  least— Socrole*. 

24. 
If  Ufe  bo  long,  I  will  be  glad, 

That  I  may  long  obey ; 
If  short,  yet  why  should  I  be  sad 

To  soar  to  endless  day  T — R.  Boak/r. 

26. 

Every  bush  and  tufted  tree 

Warbles  sweet  philosophy : 

"  Mortal,  fly  from  doubt  and  sorrow — 

Ood  provideth  for  the  morrow  I  "—A  BAw. 

36. 

Much  will  always  wanting  be 
To  him  who  much  desires.    Thrice  happy  he 
To  whom  the  wise  indulgency  of  Heaven, 
With  sp?iiing  hand,  but  just  enough,  haa  given. 

— A.  Cmoky. 


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97. 
Mj  orown  ia  in  my  heart,  uot  on  my  head ; 
Not  ilsoked  with  diamond*  and  Indian  atonei, 
Nor  lo  bo  Roen ;  my  crown  la  called  content ; 
A  orown  it  ia  that  aeldom  kinga  tiw^oj.—Shakuptan, 

38. 
To  be  reaignod  whon  ilia  betide, 
Patient  when  favora  are  dooiod, 

And  pleaaod  with  favori  given ; 
Moat  aurely  thia  ia  wiadom'a  part, 
Thia  ia  that  incenae  of  the  heart 

Whose  fragraooe  breathea  to  heaTen.— CbMon. 

39. 

But  even  when  J  hate, 

If  I  aeek  my  garden  giito, 
And  Burvey  the  world  around  me  and  above^ 

Tlie  hatred  fiiea  my  mind, 

And  I  aigh  for  hiimnn  kind. 
And  excuse  the  faiilta  of  tlioHe  I  cannot  lora. 

I've  parted  with  my  pride, 

And  I  take  the  auniiy  aide. 
For  I've  found  it  worae  than  folly  to  be  aad ; 

I  keep  my  conacionce  clear, 

I've  a  hundred  pounds  a  year, 
And  I  manage  to  eziat  and  be  glad.— (7AarIes  Mackay. 


Duty. 

30. 
No  man  ia  bom  into  the  world  wboae  work 
la  not  born  with  him ;  there  ia  always  work, 
And  tools  to  work  witlial,  for  thoae  who  will ; 
And  bleased  are  the  homy  hands  of  toil.— J.  B.  LowA 

81. 

One  \y  one  the  sands  are  flowing. 

One  by  one  the  moments  fall ; 
Some  are  coming,  some  are  going; 

Do  not  strive  to  grasp  them  all. 


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One  by  one  thy  diiilei  w»it  theo, 

Let  thy  whole  •trongth  go  to  etch ; 
Let  no  future  dreams  elate  thee— 

Learn  thou  flrat  what  theee  can  teach. 

—AdtlaUk  A.  Pnektr. 

It  may  not  be  our  lot  to  wield 

The  aiokle  In  the  ripened  field; 

Nor  oure  to  hoar  on  ennimer  evea 

The  reaper's  nong  among  the  ihearea; 

Yet  where  our  duty's  task  is  wrought 

In  unison  with  Ood'a  great  thought, 

The  near  and  future  blend  In  one, 

And  whatae'er  It  willed  la  done.— vrW<W»r. 

88. 

Orer  and  over  agnin. 

No  matter  which  way  I  turn, 
I  always  find  in  the  book  of  life 

Some  lesson  ihat  I  must  loam ; 
I  must  take  my  turn  at  the  mill, 

I  must  grind  out  the  golden  grain, 
I  must  work  at  my  task  with  a  resolute  wUl, 

Over  and  over  again. 

84. 

Work  for  the  good  that  is  nlghest; 

Dream  not  of  greatness  afar; 
That  glury  la  ever  the  highest 

Which  shiiiea  upon  men  as  they  are. 
Work,  though  the  worid  would  defeat  you; 

Heed  not  Its  slander  and  scorn ; 
Nor  weary  till  angels  shall  greot  you 

With  smiles  through  the  gates  of  the  mom. 

—W.  if.  PimihM. 

Faith. 

8S. 

Beware  of  doubt;  faith  is  the  subtle  chain 
Which  binds  us  to  the  Infinite.— Jfr».  E.  0.  Smtik. 


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MEMORY  PRACTICE. 


36. 
My  knowledge  of  that  life  is  small, 

The  eye  of  faith  is  dim, 
But 'tis  enough  that  Chijt  kuowB  all, 

And  I  shall  be  with  him. — R.  Baxter. 

37. 
Workman  of  God !  O,  lose  not  heart, 

But  learn  what  God  is  like ; 
And  in  the  darkest  battle-field 

Thou  Shalt  know  where  to  strike.— f.  W.  Fahtir. 

38. 
Thy  God  hnth  said  'tis  good  for  thee 

To  walk  by  faith  and  not  by  sight; 
Take  it  on  trust  a  little  while, 

Soon  Shalt  thou  read  the  mystery  right 
In  the  bright  sunshine  of  his  smile. — KebiU, 

30. 

When  gathering  clouds  around  I  view,  -*^^ 

And  days  are  dark  and  friends  are  few, 

On  Him  I  lean,  who,  not  in  vain, 

Experienced  every  human  pain ; 

He  sees  my  wants,  allays  my  fears. 

And  counts  and  treasures  up  my  tears. — R.  Grant. 

40. 
And  this  ia  all?    Can  reason  do  no  more 
Than  bid  me  shun  the  deep,  and  dread  the  shore? 
Sweet  moralist  I  afloat  on  life's  rough  sea. 
The  Christian  lias  an  art  unknown  to  thee; 
He  holds  no  parley  with  unmanly  fears. 
Where  duty  bids  he  confidently  steers ; 
Faces  a  thousand  dangers  at  her  call. 
And  trusting  in  his  God  surmounts  them  alL — Oowper. 

Forgiveness. 

41. 
The  fairest  action  of  our  human  life 

Is  scorning  to  revenge  an  injury; 
For  who  forgives,  without  a  further  strife^ 

His  adversary's  heart  to  him  doth  tie. 


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MEMORY  PRACTICE. 


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And  'tis  a  firmer  conqueat,  truly  said, 
To  win  the  heart  than  overthrow  the  head.— Elizabeth  Carew. 

God. 
4S. 

We  have,  amid  all  chan<?e«,  three  unchangeables:  an  unchangeable  oore- 
nant,  an  unchangeable  God,  an  undiangeable  heaven.-Jfa«fceto  Emry. 

43, 
The  Bilent  sky,  the  sleeping  earth, 

Tree,  mountain,  stream,  the  humble  sod, 
All  tell  from  whom  they  had  their  birtli, 

And  cry,  "Behold  a  God  I  "—TAofiUM  iftBer. 

M. 

Not  worlds  on  worlds,  in  phalanx  deep, 

Need  we  to  prove  a  God  is  here ; 
The  daisy,  fresh  from  winter's  sleep, 

IMls  of  his  hand  in  lines  as  dear.— (JooA  i 

45. 

Thou  art,  0  God,  the  life  and  light 

Of  all  this  wondrous  world  we  see; 
Its  glow  by  day,  its  smile  by  night. 

Are  but  reflections  caught  from  thee. 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine, 

And  all  things  &ir  and  bright  are  thine.— Jfcore. 

46. 
"No  God  I  no  Godl"    The  simplest  flower 

That  on  the  wild  is  found 
Shrinks  as  it  drinks  its  cup  of  dew, 

And  trembles  at  the  sound. 
»  No  God  I "  astonished  Echo  cries 

From  out  her  cavern  hoar; 
And  every  wandering  bird  that  flies 

Reproves  the  atheist  lore. 
47. 
God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 

His  wonders  to  perform ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 

And  rides  upon  the  storm. 


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Deep  in  uiifuthomable  mines 

Of  never-failiog  akill, 
He  treasures  up  bis  bright  designs, 

And  works  his  sovereign  wilL 
Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take: 

The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 

In  blessings  on  your  head. 
Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense^ 

But  trust  him  for  his  grace ; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence 

He  hides  a  smiling  face. 
His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 

Unfolding  every  hour: 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 

But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 
Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  scan  his  work  in  vain : 
Gtod  is  his  own  interpreter. 

And  he  will  make  it  plain.— C%H<!per. 

HaAVBir. 

48. 
Beyond  the  flight  of  time. 

Beyond  the  reign  of  death, 
There  surely  is  some  blessed  clime. 

Where  life  is  not  a  breath ; 
Nor  life's  afftettons  transient  fire. 
Whose  sparks  fly  upward  and  expire. — Monigommy. 

Hope. 

49. 
Better  to  hope,  though  the  clouds  hug  low, 

And  to  keep  the  eyes  still  lifted; 
For  the  sweet  blue  sky  will  soon  peep  through, 

When  the  dminous  clouds  are  rifted. 
To  the  sunny  soul  that  is  full  of  hope, 

And  whose  beautiful  trust  ne'er  faileth. 
The  grass  is  green  and  the  flowers  are  bright, 

Though  the  wintry  storm  prevaileth.— Jfn.  if.  .i.  Kidder, 


nm^amUmmdmltm 


tmtgonmy. 

w, 
jugh, 


ght, 

rrs.K  A.  Kidder. 


60. 
A  second  voine  was  at  mine  ear, 
A  little  whisper  silver-clear, 
A  murmur,  "Be  of  better  cheer." 
So  heavenly  toned  that  in  that  hour, 
From  out  my  sullen  heart  a  power 
Broke,  like  the  rainbow  from  the  shower, 
To  feel,  although  no  tongue  can  prove 
That  every  cloud  that  spreads  above 
And  veileth  love,  itself  is  love. 
And  forth  into  the  fields  I  went. 
And  Nature's  living  motion  lent 
The  pulse  of  hope  to  discontent 
So  variously  seemed  all  things  wrought, 
I  marveled  how  the  mind  was  brought 
To  anchor  by  one  gloomy  thought. — Tmnyton. 

HOMB. 

61. 
The  first  sure  symptom  of  a  mind  in  health 
Is  rest  of  heart,  and  pleasure  felt  at  home.—  7<nmg. 

62. 
....  Home  is  the  resort 
Of  love,  of  Joy,  of  peace,  and  plenty,  where. 
Supporting  and  supported,  polished  friends 
And  dear  relations  mingle  into  bliss. — I^ompton. 

68. 

A  mother's  love,  how  sweet  the  name  I 

What  M  a  mother's  love? 
A  noble,  pure,  and  tender  flame. 

Enkindled  fW>m  above, 
To  bless  a  heart  of  earthly  mold ; 

The  warmest  love  that  can  grow  cold^ 
This  is  a  mother's  love. — Montgomery. 

HuHAinTT. 

64. 

The  poor  beetle,  that  we  tread  upon, 

In  corporeal  suffering  feels  a  pang  as  great 

As  when  a  giant  dies. — Shakespeare. 


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I  would  not  enter  on  mjr  list  of  friends  * 

(Though  graced  with  poIiHhed  manners  and  floe  sense, 
Yet  wanting  sensibility)  the  man 
Who  needlessly  sets  foot  upon  a  worm.— CbugMr. 

NoBLK  Lives. 

66. 
Still  shines  the  light  of  holy  lives 

Like  star-beams  over  doubt ; 
Each  sainted  memory,  Christ-like,  drives 

Some  dark  possession  out. —  WhUtitr. 

67. 
As  on  thy  mother's  knee,  a  new-bom  child, 
Weeping  thou  sat'st,  whilst  all  around  thee  smiled; 
So  live,  that,  sinking  into  death's  long  sleep, 
Calm  thou  may'st  smile,  whilst  all  around  thee  weep.— iT^Ai. 

58. 
Whene'er  a  noble  deed  is  wrought. 
Whene'er  is  spoken  h  noble  thought, 

Our  hearts  in  glad  surprise 

To  higher  levels  rise. 
The  tidal  wave  of  deeper  souls 
Into  our  inmost  being  rolls, 

And  lifts  us  unawares 

Out  of  all  meaner  cares. — LongfiUim, 

69. 
Rouse  to  some  work  of  high  and  holy  love. 

And  thou  au  augel's  happiness  shall  know- 
Shall  bless  the  earth  while  in  the  world  above; 

The  good  begun  by  thee  shall  onward  flow, 

In  many  a  branching  stream,  and  wider  grow; 
The  seed  that  in  these  few  and  fleeting  hours 

Thy  hand,  unsparing  and  unwearied  sow, 
Shall  deck  thy  grave  with  amaranthine  flowers, 
And  yield  thee  fruit  divine  in  heaven's  immortal  bowers.— MfeosE. 

60. 
So  live  that  when  thy  summons  comes  to  join 
The  innumerable  caravan,  that  moves 


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ente^ 


Bp.—Sq/k. 


iwers.— Mtoo. 


To  the  pale  realms  of  ahode,  where  each  shall  take 
His  chamber  in  the  silent  halls  of  death, 
Thou  go  not,  like  the  quarry  slave  at  night, 
Scourged  to  his  dungeon ;  but  sustained  and  soothed 
By  an  unfaltering  trust,  approach  thy  grave 
Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  or  his  couch 
About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dreams. 

— Fi-om  "  TTianatopais,"  by  W^Ham  Cullen  Bryant 

61. 
Chisel  in  band  stood  a  sculptor  boy 

With  his  marble  block  before  hira. 
And  his  face  lit  up  with  a  smile  of  joy 

As  an  angel  dream  passed  o'er  him. 
He  carved  that  dream  on  tlie  yielding  stone 

With  many  a  sharp  incision. 
In  heaven's  own  light  the  sculptor  shone^ 

He  had  caught  that  angel  vision. 
Sculptors  of  life  are  we ;  as  we  stand 

With  our  lives  uncarved  before  us. 
Waiting  the  hour  when  at  God's  right  hand 

Our  life-dream  passes  o'er  us. 
Let  us  carve  it,  then,  on  the  yielding  stone 

With  many  a  deep  incision, 
Its  heavenly  beauties  shall  be  our  own — 

Our  lives  that  angel  vision. — W.  0.  Doom, 

62. 
I  live  for  those  who  love  me, 

For  those  who  know  me  true, 
For  the  heaven  that  smiles  above  me, 

And  awaits  my  spirit  too ; 
For  the  cause  that  lacks  assistance. 
For  the  wrong  that  needs  resistance, 
For  the  future  in  the  distance, 

And  the  good  that  I  can  Ao.—DtMin  OhivenUy  Magwdne. 

Mbditation. 

63. 

At  evening,  to  myself  I  say: 
Where  hast  thou  been  and  gleaned  to^lay— 
Thy  labors  how  bestowed? 


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What  hast  thou  rightly  said  or  done  ? 
What  grace  attained,  and  Icnowlodge  won, 

In  following  after  Ood?— (7Aar{««  Weaky. 
64. 
Tlie  day  in  drawing  to  its  dose. 
And  what  good  deeds,  since  first  it  rose, 

Have  I  presented.  Lord,  to  thee? 
What  wrongs  repressed,  what  rights  maintained; 
What  struggles  past,  what  victories  gained ; 
What  good  attempted  and  attained. 

As  offerings  of  my  ministry?— Xond/'eOow. 

Mkbcy. 

65. 
There's  a  wideness  in  God's  mercy 

Like  the  wideness  of  the  sea; 
There's  a  kindness  in  his  justice 

Which  is  more  than  liberty. 
For  the  love  of  Qod  is  broader 

Than  the  measure  of  man's  mind ; 
And  the  heart  of  the  fCtemal 

Is  most  wonderfully  kind. — F.  W.  Fdber, 
66. 
The  quality  of  mercy  is  not  strained ; 
It  droppeth,  as  the  gentle  rain  from  heaven, 
Upon  the  place  beneath;  it  is  twice  blest; 
It  blesseth  him  that  gives  and  him  that  takes. 
'Tis  mightiest  in  the  mightiest ;  it  becomes 
The  thronid  monarch  better  than  his  crown: 
It  is  an  attribute  to  God  himself ; 
And  earthly  power  doth  them  show  likest  God's, 
When  mercy  seasons  justice.    Think  of  this. 
That,  in  the  course  of  justice,  none  of  us 
Should  see  salvation.    We  do  pray  for  mercy ; 
And  that  same  prayer  doth  teach  us  all  to  render 
The  deeds  of  mBK,j.—Shakapear». 

Patbiotisk. 

6?. 
Breathes  there  a  man,  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said, 
"  This  is  my  own,  my  native  land  I " 


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Whose  heart  hath  ne'er  within  him  burned, 
As  home  his  footsteps  he  hath  turned 

From  wandering  on  a  foreign  strand  ? 
If  such  there  breathes,  go  mark  him  well ; 
For  him  no  minstrel  raptures  swell ; 
High  tliough  hia  titles,  proud  his  name. 
Boundless  his  wealth  as  wish  can  claim, 
Despite  those  titles,  power,  and  polf. 
The  wretch,  concentered  all  in  self. 
Living,  shall  forfeit  fair  renown, 
And,  doubly  dying,  shall  go  down 
To  the  vile  dust  from  whence  he  sprung. 
Unwept,  unhonored,  and  unsung.— Sir  Waiter  SeoU. 

Perseverance. 

68. 
The  heights  by  great  men  reached  and  kept, 

Were  not  attained  by  sudden  flight. 
But  they,  while  their  companions  slept. 

Were  toiling  upward  in  the  mglit—LongfeUou. 
69. 
life  should  be  full  of  earnest  work. 

Our  hearts  undashed  by  fortune's  frown; 
Let  Perseverance  conquer  fate. 

And  Merit  seize  the  victor's  crown ; 
The  battle  is  not  to  the  strong, 

The  race  not  always  to  the  fleet. 
And  he  who  seeks  to  pluck  the  stars. 

Will  lose  the  jewels  at  his  feet.— P.  Gary. 

Prater. 

70. 
He  prayeth  well  who  loveth  well 

Both  man  and  bird  and  beast; 
He  p'ayeth  best  who  loveth  beat 

All  things,  both  great  and  small; 
For  the  dear  God  who  loveth  us. 

He  made  and  loveth  M.— Coleridge. 

Procrastination, 
71. 
Be  wise  to-day;  'tis  madness  to  defer; 
Next  day  the  &tal  precedent  will  plead, 


Thus  on,  till  wiidom  is  pushed  out  of  life  I 
Procrastination  is  the  thief  of  time; 
Year  after  year  it  steals,  till  all  are  fled, 
And  to  the  raercies  of  a  moment  leaves 
The  vast  oonoerna  of  an  eternal  soene. — Toimg. 

Thk  Soul. 

72. 
The  sun  is  but  a  spark  of  fire, 

A  transient  meteor  in  the  sky; 
The  soul,  immortal  as  its  sire, 

Shall  never  die. — Montgomery, 

IB- 
Why  should  this  worthless  tegument  endure, 

If  its  undying  guest  be  lost  forever? 
01  let  us  keep  the  soul  embalmed  and  pure 

In  living  virtue,  that  when  both  must  sever, 
Although  corruption  may  our  frame  consume, 
The  immortal  spirit  in  the  skies  may  bloom. 

74. 
The  soul,  secure  in  her  existence,  smiles 
At  the  drawn  dagger,  and  defies  its  point. 
The  stars  shall  fade  away,  tlie  sun  himself 
Orow  dim  with  age,  and  nature  sink  in  years; 
But  thou  Shalt  flourish  in  immortal  youth. 
Unhurt  amidst  the  war  of  elements. 
The  wreck  of  matter,  and  the  crush  of  worlds. — Additoti. 


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PSOFANB  SWBABIKO. 

76. 
The  foolish  and  wicked  practice  of  profane  cursing  and  swearing  is  a  vice 
80  mean  and  low  that  every  person  of  sense  and  character  detests  and 
despises  it. — Oeorge  Wellington. 

76. 
The  devil  tempts  men  through  their  ambition,  their  cupidity,  or  their 
appetite,  until  he  comes  to  the  probne  swearer,  whom  he  catches  without 
any  reward. — Horace  Memo. 


mg. 


r, 


i. — Additon. 


irearing  is  a  vice 
Bter  detests  and 


ipidity,  or  their 
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Truth. 

77. 
I  know  nut  any  crime  so  great  that  a  luitn  could  contrive  to  commit  as 
pomoning  tlio  BOiircon  of  eternal  trath.—Johiisoit. 

'>• 

Truth  crimhed  to  earth  shall  ri.te  again ; 

Tlie  eternal  years  ol  God  are  I  lerti;  , 

But  Error,  wounded,  writhes  in  pain, 

And  dies  among  liia  worshipers. — Bryant. 

ViRTUB. 
79. 
True  worth  is  in  being,  not  seeming — 

In  doing  each  day  that  goes  by 
Some  little  good,  not  in  dreaming 

Of  groat  things  to  do  by  and  by ; 
For,  wliatever  men  any  in  their  blindness, 

And  spite  of  the  luncies  of  youth, 
There  is  nothing  so  kingly  as  kindness, 
I  And  nothing  so  royal  as  trutli. — Alice  Gary. 

80. 

From  yon  blue  heavens  above  us  bent, 

The  gardener  Adam  and  his  wife 
Smile  at  the  claims  of  long  descent. 
Howe'er  it  be,  it  seems  to  me 

'Tis  only  noble  to  be  good. 
Kind  hearts  are  more  than  coronets, 

And  simple  faith,  than  Norman  blood  —  TfeHn^son. 

81. 
;  I  count  this  thing  to  be  grandly  true, 

•  That  a  noble  deed  is  a  step  toward  (iod. 

Lifting  the  soul  from  the  common  sod 
To  purer  air  and  a  broader  view. 
We  rise  by  things  that  are  'nciith  our  feet; 
By  what  we  have  mastered  of  good  and  (tain; 
^  By  the  pride  deposed  and  the  passion  slain, 

\         And  the  vanquished  ills  that  we  hourly  meet.— Jl  G.  Holland. 


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